TRANSCRIPT – TELEVISION INTERVIEW – SKY NEWS
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
E&OE TRANSCRIPTTELEVISION INTERVIEWSKY NEWS NEWSDAYWEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Morrison’s infrastructure announcement, economy, stimulus, Newstart. TOM CONNELL: For more on the Government’s announcement today, joining me is Catherine King, the Shadow Infrastructure and Transport Minister. Catherine King, thanks very much for your time. I note the Queensland Labor Government seem pretty happy with this announcement
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL ROADS AND TRANSPORT CONFERENCE
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Check against delivery Good morning and it’s a pleasure to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. To President David O’Loughlin and to Adrian and the team at ALGA, thank you for
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WHERE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, PRIME MINISTER?
Monday, 18 November 2019
After repeated calls from the RBA Governor, senior economists, industry leaders and state governments, Scott Morrison has finally announced some road projects will be brought forward in South Australia. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Catherine King said the Prime Minister’s ad-hoc announcement demonstrates he has a political strategy but not an economic plan. Rather
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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS LOOSE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR NEW BBRF DROUGHT FUND
Thursday, 14 November 2019
The Morrison Government’s drought shambles rolls on with Deputy Prime Minister McCormack today releasing eligibility criteria for the re-badged BBRF drought round so loose that it appears the Minister can make it up as he goes. The new guidelines were released barely a week after a scathing Audit into the mismanagement of the Regional Jobs
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SENATE ORDERS GOVERNMENT MUST RELEASE REGIONAL RORTS DOCUMENTS
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The Senate has today passed two motions ordering the Government must produce documents on matters relating to its mismanagement of the $220.5 million Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. Labor moved the Orders in response to repeated refusals by Deputy Prime Minister McCormack to release information in light of the scathing Auditor-General’s report No.12 2019-20 Award
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LITTLEPROUD MUST START BEING TRANSPARENT WITH DROUGHT-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
In light of revelations that Moira Shire in Victoria is again currently ineligible for drought support, Shadow Minister for Regional Development Catherine King said it’s time for Drought Minister David Littleproud to start being transparent with drought-affected communities. Rural and regional Australians living through this extended drought don’t need uncertainty from the Government – they
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MORRISON GOVERNMENT FAILS MOIRA SHIRE ON DROUGHT FUNDING
Monday, 11 November 2019
Major cracks are appearing in the Prime Minister’s so-called drought stimulus package before the dust has even settled. The Herald Sun today reports a Morrison Government backbencher misled his own constituents over a promised $1 million through the Drought Communities Programme Extension. On 31 October 2019, the Nationals Member for Nicholls Damian Drum told the
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LABOR REFERS REGIONAL RORTS TO JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Monday, 11 November 2019
Shadow Minister Catherine King has written to the Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit requesting an inquiry into the Auditor-General’s scathing audit of the Coalition’s Regional Jobs and Investment Packages. Ms King said an inquiry by the JCPAA is an important next step in examining the maladministration by the Morrison Government.
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TRANSCRIPT – RADIO INTERVIEW
Friday, 08 November 2019
E&OE TRANSCRIPT RADIO INTERVIEW ABC BALLARAT FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019 SUBJECT: Morrison’s refusal to meet with ex-fire chiefs, fire preparedness, Labor Review. STEVE MARTIN: With the fire season becoming longer and a bit more extreme, is it time for national response to fire and how we combat it? Earlier this week on ABC 730, former
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NEW INFRASTRUCTURE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY
Friday, 08 November 2019
Labor notes the announcement of Mr Simon Atkinson as the next Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development. We note Mr Atkinson comes to the role after an extensive public service career as well as several years as Finance Minister Matthias Cormann’s Chief of Staff and a period as the Coalition’s
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